Illuminating attachment for talking-machines.



W. J. RIEDEL, 1A. ILLUMINATING ATTACHMENT FOR TALKING MACHINES.

APPLICATION FILED FEB 21, I917.

Patented Nov. 19, 1918.

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WILLIAM'J. RIEDEL, JR", F CLEVELAND, OHIO.

ILLUMINATING ATTACHMENT FOR TALKING-MACHINES.

Application filed February 21, 1917.

I To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, WILLIAM J. RIEDEL, Jr., a citizen. of the United States, residing at Cleveland, in the county of Cuyahoga' and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Illuminating Attachments for Talking-Machines, of which the following is, a specification.

This invention consists of an automatic illuminating attachment for talking machine cabinets, the object being to provide a simple article of manufacture adapted to be easily attached to the cabinets now in use so that the act of raising the cover for such cabinets will automatically switch on an electric current and lamp, and thereby illuminate the cabinet.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a reduced view of a talking machine showing my attachment in place. therein. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the rest member used in connection with the arm or link to hold the cover in a raised position. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the switch attachment for the rest member, and Fig. 4 is a front view of the switch attachment aflixed to the rest member and with the lower end of the link in rest engagement with both elements.

Fig. 5 is the plan view of Fig. 4 and also showing a diagram of the electric circuit.

One type of sound reproducing machine in general use embodies a cabinet 2 having a hinged cover 3 which is adapted to be held upright by a link 4: when the pin 5 at its lower end is seated in the notched portion 6 of a bracket or rest member 7 This bracket is secured to the side wall interiorly of the cabinet by screws and has a chambered body 8 projected outwardly a short distance from the fastening flanges 9, and a lip 10 is turned inward at the top of bodyv8. A side slot 11 in the body affords a passage for the pin 5 in the swinging movement of arm or link a during raising and lowering movements of the cover.

The arm and rest member described are made of metal, and I utilize these parts to close an electric circuit 12 containing an electric lamp 13 by attaching a circuit-closing device to rest member 7. This device consists of a block 1 1 of insulating material upon which two spring clips 15 and 16 are fastened at right angles by screws 17, and

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 19, 1918.

Serial No. 150,140.

the clips extend to one side of the block so that clip 15 may rest upon and hook over the edge of lip 10 of member 7, and the clip 16 may bear against the front face of the bodyS and also hook over the edge 17 at the end of the side slot 11. The block 14 bears against the side of the body 8, and the device is jointly afiixed upon member 7 with the spring metal clips in electrical contact with the metal body 8.

One of the screws may be used as a binding screw for a wire 18 leading to the electric lamp 13 which is also connected with an electric battery 20, and a further battery connection 21 is made with a second binding screw 22 on block 141-, which also carries a spring contact 23 that is bent to conform to the shape of body 8 and extends to a point opposite the notch in portion 6, but spaced apart therefrom at all points to maintain an open electric circuit. The circuit is only closed when the pin 5 is seated in the notch and engages with the upper edge of the spring contact 23, a relation of parts shown in Figs. 4% and 5, and also in Fig. 1 where the cover 3 is raised. It is at this time that the lamp 13 is intended to be used for illuminating the record or the upper part of the cabinet so that changing of the records may be facilitated, especially when the cabinet is in a darkened room. l/Vhen illumination is not required, a hand switch 2 1 in the electric circuit may cut off the current, regardless of whether the cover is in a raised or lowered position. The arm or link 4 acts as a brace to hold the cover in a raised position, and when the cover is lowered this brace is also lowered into the cabinet and has slidable engagement with the body 8, but obviously in this position of parts no contact is established with the spring contact 23.

What I claim is:

1. In a sound reproducing machinehaving ahinged cover and a metallic brace and brace rest therefor, an electric lamp and an electric-circuit closing device for the lamp having spring clips adapted to detachably affix said device to said brace rest in operative relation to said brace so as to close the circuit when the brace is in a rest position.

2. In a sound reproducing machine having a hinged cover and a metallic brace and a rest member for said brace, an electric lamp and an electric circuit having a circuit closing device comprising clamping members and an electrical contact detachably connected with said rest member opposite said brace.

3. In a sound reproducing machine having a hinged cover and a pivoted brace for said cover and a rest member for the lower end of said brace, an electric lamp within the topof the machine and an electric circuit haVing a circuit closing device for said lamp in detachable hook engagement with said rest member.

4. In a sound reproducing machine having a hinged cover and a metal brace and rest for the cover, an electric lamp and a source of electric current and circuit for the lamp having an electrical contact member mounted in insulated and detachable connection with said brace rest and adapted to close the lamp circuit when the brace is in rest 'posltion.

5. In a sound reproducing machine, an electrical circuit closing attachment for a lamp fixed therein and comprising a block having an electrical contact spring fixed thereonand clips to detachably secure the WILLIAM J. RIEDEL, J R.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Gommissioner of Patents, Washington, D. G. 

